Q&A: Annie Lennox on recruiting Taylor Swift, Sting and more for a charity auction to help women
According to Shah, the United Nations projects that for every three months of lockdown during the pandemic there will be 15 million additional cases of domestic violence. That is not total during the lockdown, that is every three months. And to back up their claim they point out that in one day the biggest refuge in the U.K. had a 700 percent increase in calls. That is one day.
I spoke at length with Lennox and Shah recently over an impassioned and inspiring hour-long Zoom call about The Circle, how seeing the Amnesty tours, featuring Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman and more, inspired Lennox during her Eurythmics days, Swift's courage in becoming an activist in 2020 and most importantly what can be done to help women around the globe.
Shah: The beauty of this is that it's a personalized performance for the winners. So you can bid for your friend's birthday and they'll get a performance from Annie that says,"Happy birthday." Annie always talked about how music brings people together and we want to tell something hopeful amongst this dire situation. And you're so right. We purposefully picked to have an auction and a sweepstakes for that very reason, to give everybody a chance of winning and entering.
Baltin: Music takes on so many roles, whether it's activism or comforting people. So what were you looking for in the people you got to contribute to this auction?
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